Fujitsu E8110 manual Your notebook appears to Bios setup changes were not, Video Problems

E8110.book Page 57 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:59 PM

		T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g
Problem	Possible Cause	Possible Solutions
The system powers up, and	The boot sequence settings	Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key
displays power on informa-	of the setup utility are not	while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2]
tion, but fails to load the	compatible with your	key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source
operating system.	configuration.	settings from the Boot menu. (See BIOS Setup
		Utility on page 29 for more information)
	You have a secured system	Make sure you have the right password. Enter the
	requiring a password to load	setup utility and verify the Security settings and
	your operating system.	modify them as accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility
		on page 29 for more information)
	Internal hard drive was	Use the BIOS setup utility or Primary Master
	not detected.	submenu, located within the Main menu, to try to
		auto detect the internal hard drive.
An error message is	Power On Self Test (POST) has	See the Power On Self Test (POST) messages to
displayed on the screen	detected a problem.	determine the meaning and severity of the problem.
during the notebook		Not all messages are errors; some are simply status
(boot) sequence.		indicators. (See Power On Self Test Messages on
		page 60 for more information)
Your notebook appears to	BIOS setup changes were not	Make sure you select Save Changes And Exit when
change setup parameters	saved when you made them	exiting the BIOS setup utility.
when you start it.	and exited the setup utility
	returning it to earlier settings.
	The BIOS CMOS hold-up	Contact your support representative for repairs.
	battery has failed.	This is not a user serviceable part but has a normal
		life of 3 to 5 years.
Your system display won’t	You have installed the Life-	Check the Status Indicator Panel for presence of the
turn on when the system is	Book/Security Application	Security icon. If it is visible, enter your password
turned on or has resumed.	panel.	((See Security Indicator on page 13 for more informa-
		tion)
Video Problems
The built-in display is	Something is pushing on the	Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure 2-3 on
blank when you turn on	Closed Cover switch.	page 6 for location)
your LifeBook notebook.
	The notebook is set for an	Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key
	external monitor only.	allows you to change your selection of where to send
		your display video. Each time you press the keys you
		will step to the next choice. The choices, in order
		are: built-in display only, external monitor only,
		both built-in display and external monitor.
	The display angle and bright-	Move the display and the brightness control until
	ness settings are not adequate	you have adequate visibility. Pressing either the [F6]
	for your lighting conditions.	or [F7] keys while holding down the [Fn] key also
		allows you to change the brightness level of the
		display.
	The power management time-	Press a keyboard button or move the mouse to
	outs may be set for very short	restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/
	intervals and you failed to	Suspend/Resume button. (The display may be shut
	notice the display come on	off by Standby mode, Auto Suspend or Video
	and go off again.	Timeout)

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